Images of Daily Reality of the Moken in Southern Thailand by Yostorn Triyos
Brief Description
These photographs portray the daily life of the Moken people in Southern Thailand. Moken is one of sea nomad indigenous sub-groups living in solitaire and peacefulness in islands in the Indian Ocean from Myanmar and Thailand to the archipelagoes in the Philippines. However, as their ways of live have been threatened under the control by modern state, the Moken inevitably encounters daily struggles including an involuntary re-settlement on land and the adjustment of their daily habits due to external social influences including media, tourism and environment.
As a result, this has led to various environmental and health concerns to their community from unhygienic lifestyle to over crowdedness.
About the Photographer
Yostorn Triyos is a photographer and founder of REALFRAME and has an interest in portraying people in vulnerable situations. For his work, visit the website of his group http://realframe.co/
Moken children with plasticbottles is a normal scene
A family gather towatching TV to understand
outside world
Tourists shopping handicraftmade by villagers
Swinging a cradle whilewatching tourists
Moken villagers cametogether to receive donated
objects after the fire incident
A couple took a bathfor their son in front
of the house
Preparing electricalgenerator that provide
electricity from 18:30 – 23:00 hrs
P’ Ngueay, Mokencommunity leader, reading
One Piece cartoon
P’Liew showed theshellfish he caught
P’ Liew showed a netcontaining abalones while
the tourist boat is
at his back
Waste water fromcommunity going into
the sea directly, causing
impact on ecosystem
The living situation inRawai beach community has
resulted in homelessness and lack
of waste management quality
Abalones are sold inthe fresh seafood market
in Rawai beach
P’Liew Lukkoh’s familyis Urak Lawoi sea gypsy
sub-group watching TV at night
Every evening, childrengather to play football